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Royal traditions: capital punishment in the Colonies (1607-1670)
A competition of faith: beginning of the anti-death penalty movement (1690s)
A reason for violence: America and the ideals of the Enlightenment (1764-1790)
Acts of cruelty: the origins of cruel and unusual punishment (1641-1790s)
The roots of abolition: early studies and laws against the death penalty (1792-1820)
A private affair?: 'Jacksonian Reform' and capital punishment (1800-1850)
Mandating death: states struggle with sentencing (1800s-1840s)
The first reform: the debate begins in earnest (1840s-1852)
The second reform: the progressive movement takes on capital punishment (1900s)
Industrial execution: invention of the electric chair (1880-1890)
A test of cruelty: the evolving definition of punishment (1878-1910)
A deadly air: the gas chamber is introduced (1920s)
Execution at war: the military and capital punishment (1775-present)
Crimes against the nation: treason, sedition, and espionage (1798-1953)
Random acts: The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1940s-1970s)
The right to kill: ongoing support for the death penalty (1950s-1970s)
A commitment to do no harm: physician involvement and lethal injection in capital punishment (1970s-2000s)
Rational behavior: capital punishment and insanity (1920s-1980s)
Age of guilt: juvenile offenders and the criminal justice system (1800s-2000s)
Wrongful execution: the fallibility of the legal system (1912-1980s)
In the interest of survivors: the victim's rights movement (1950s-present)
Death and politics: a rise in support for the death penalty (1980s-1990s)
Extreme crimes: assassinations and terrorist attacks (1900s-present)
The ability to understand: the death penalty and mental capacity (1800s-present)
States of execution: the abolition movement in individual states (2000s)
Methods of execution: pharmaceutical companies become involved in the abolition movement (2010s)
The question of deterrence: societal effects of the death penalty (1800s-present)
The future of the death penalty: changing public perceptions of criminal justice (2010s)
Conclusion: an evolving history of violence.
A competition of faith: beginning of the anti-death penalty movement (1690s)
A reason for violence: America and the ideals of the Enlightenment (1764-1790)
Acts of cruelty: the origins of cruel and unusual punishment (1641-1790s)
The roots of abolition: early studies and laws against the death penalty (1792-1820)
A private affair?: 'Jacksonian Reform' and capital punishment (1800-1850)
Mandating death: states struggle with sentencing (1800s-1840s)
The first reform: the debate begins in earnest (1840s-1852)
The second reform: the progressive movement takes on capital punishment (1900s)
Industrial execution: invention of the electric chair (1880-1890)
A test of cruelty: the evolving definition of punishment (1878-1910)
A deadly air: the gas chamber is introduced (1920s)
Execution at war: the military and capital punishment (1775-present)
Crimes against the nation: treason, sedition, and espionage (1798-1953)
Random acts: The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1940s-1970s)
The right to kill: ongoing support for the death penalty (1950s-1970s)
A commitment to do no harm: physician involvement and lethal injection in capital punishment (1970s-2000s)
Rational behavior: capital punishment and insanity (1920s-1980s)
Age of guilt: juvenile offenders and the criminal justice system (1800s-2000s)
Wrongful execution: the fallibility of the legal system (1912-1980s)
In the interest of survivors: the victim's rights movement (1950s-present)
Death and politics: a rise in support for the death penalty (1980s-1990s)
Extreme crimes: assassinations and terrorist attacks (1900s-present)
The ability to understand: the death penalty and mental capacity (1800s-present)
States of execution: the abolition movement in individual states (2000s)
Methods of execution: pharmaceutical companies become involved in the abolition movement (2010s)
The question of deterrence: societal effects of the death penalty (1800s-present)
The future of the death penalty: changing public perceptions of criminal justice (2010s)
Conclusion: an evolving history of violence.